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she also reported for the boston globe before that. we have a phone line set up especially for massachusetts residents. and republicans and democrats can call us as well as independent scholars. -- callers. let's look at some details of how the health care law has played out. 98% of adults are now covered. nearly 100% of children are covered. insurance premiums have about $70.veby take us through how this plan has worked out. guest: most people would tell you the effort to get people insured has worked out astoundingly well. the state now has the numbers you gave, people have insurance. however, the cost of insurance for everybody has increased. advocates of the health care law will say the first goal was to get everybody insured and we accomplished that. now we are tackling health care costs. so, i guess the results are a little mixed. have's no disputing that covered and have insurance. however, the costs have increased, but state officials say we're working on the cost now. host: this graphic shows -- how have employers responded to
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brian mooney is a reporter with "the boston globe." thank you free time. -- thank you for your time. up next, we'll speak with linda feldmann. then what the justice department regarding the voter rights. >> the day before the election, about 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the district of columbia either by mail or in person. no votes will be counted until tomorrow. a bookie in britain is paying out even before the presidential race is over. the largest bookmaker in britain has decided that president obama has already won the election and is having never cash to those who have placed bets on him. the odds were not terribly attractive. the firm may just be cutting its losses. well over half a million dollars out bill.ale biayoout mitt romney has events in florida, virginia, and hampshire. c-span is covering both candidates. our live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. [video clip] >> in terms of the engagement, the chairman spent the night at the agency. our public safety person did the same. we are enga
brian mooney is a reporter with "the boston globe." thank you free time. -- thank you for your time. up next, we'll speak with linda feldmann. then what the justice department regarding the voter rights. >> the day before the election, about 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the district of columbia either by mail or in person. no votes will be counted until tomorrow. a bookie in britain is paying out even before the presidential race is over. the largest...
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my uncle is a cardiologists in boston and i talked to people up there. koss is getting out of control and premiums are increasing in massachusetts and other is a bureaucracy. they have rationing on the system. people in massachusetts are saying we have virtual universal health care but they see the system bursting at the seams. basie premium increases, rationing in benefit cuts. they are frustrated with this system. they don't want to pay for another system on top of their own. they see have this idea of having the government be the single regulator of health insurance and the individual mandate as a fatal conceit. this is unsustainable. host: that is congressman ryan right here on "washington journal" back on april 21, 2010 speaking with us. he was talking about his support for the massachusetts health care law. you can learn more about that at the cspan video library with over 380 clips from paul ryan's time in washington. the republican in port charlotte, fla.,. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. i think paul ryan is an excellent pick. h
my uncle is a cardiologists in boston and i talked to people up there. koss is getting out of control and premiums are increasing in massachusetts and other is a bureaucracy. they have rationing on the system. people in massachusetts are saying we have virtual universal health care but they see the system bursting at the seams. basie premium increases, rationing in benefit cuts. they are frustrated with this system. they don't want to pay for another system on top of their own. they see have...
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she went back and stop him and made her way to boston where she was a heroine. they erected a statue to her, the for statute to an american woman. it showed her with a hat -- catch in one hand. >> ken davis is our guest on sunday. the best-selling author of "don't know much about the american president." "washington journal" continues. host: four looked rowboats but force base in new hampshire. the history of being a swing state continues this year. it is on our list of the nine swing states. our competition continues about the battleground states of new hampshire. kathy sullivan is the chairwoman of the democratic party. she tried to us from manchester this morning. if i could begin repairwith the "washington post" peiece. guest: that is not true. the democrats and president obama have been on the ground since the primary ended in february. the classic story was he drove through manchester and was locked, shut and the sides were down. the obama campaign was up and running. in knocking on doors, making phone calls. engaged in voter contacts for months and months
she went back and stop him and made her way to boston where she was a heroine. they erected a statue to her, the for statute to an american woman. it showed her with a hat -- catch in one hand. >> ken davis is our guest on sunday. the best-selling author of "don't know much about the american president." "washington journal" continues. host: four looked rowboats but force base in new hampshire. the history of being a swing state continues this year. it is on our list...
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suggested -- boston, tony, independent, good morning. caller: just talking about the farmers and they are responsible because of the drought. mitt romney voted to leave against it. when bush was in office, he voted to send all the jobs overseas. and it costs a struggle to make it. they are -- costs us triple to make it. they are getting richer and we are getting poorer. we have no work and no aid to support ourselves. guest: another example of why this could be a hard sell and while republicans want to put this behind them when they come back. you mentioned on a's running mate, paul reihan. i would not be too surprised to see president obama drop a name or to a vote in his speech today in iowa. host: we have linda, who is a former come on the line. good morning, linda. -- who is a farmer, on the line. good morning, linda. caller: i would like you to -- i would like to ask your guest why he thinks it is a bad idea to keep the end of programs with the farming programs? guest: i did not say it was a bad idea. i'm not trying to express an op
suggested -- boston, tony, independent, good morning. caller: just talking about the farmers and they are responsible because of the drought. mitt romney voted to leave against it. when bush was in office, he voted to send all the jobs overseas. and it costs a struggle to make it. they are -- costs us triple to make it. they are getting richer and we are getting poorer. we have no work and no aid to support ourselves. guest: another example of why this could be a hard sell and while republicans...
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guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love and boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play, don't get me wrong. but as a tactical thing, it would not be good for the president or, frankly, mitt romney, to be suddenly pulling out of the state. they would be hammered in the media. the last candidate to pull out of the state was bill clinton in 1992, in the final weeks, and always said that he regretted leaving, because he felt that he could win at the state. he obviously one of the presidency, but it hurt him in florida when he pulled out. the race remains very close in this state, although i agree that the edge right now seems to be for mitt romney. host: brian
guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love and boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play,...
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host: doug in boston, massachusetts is a democrat. caller: romney seems enthusiastic about going into iran with the israelis, however is a war crime without a chapter 7 resolution. george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of jurisdiction. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear responses from. i would point out it is not always a violation of international law to invade or attack a company without a chapter 7 resolution. there is the universal right of self-defense, but i remind the caller that if one country in invades the other, while that might not be legal, the country that is fighting back is not in violation of anything. host: matthew lee, you recently wrote a piece, "why it matters to israel to tell -- why it matters -- israel." how was this playing out. guest: i think mitt romney will try to expand on the idea that he brought up in the last debate, that president obama has tried to put distance between the united states and israel. it is indisputable that there are arguments
host: doug in boston, massachusetts is a democrat. caller: romney seems enthusiastic about going into iran with the israelis, however is a war crime without a chapter 7 resolution. george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of jurisdiction. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear responses from. i would point out it is not always a violation of international law to invade or attack a company without a chapter 7 resolution. there is the universal...
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, but john silver, boston university leader, dies. his temp he is oust quarter century as president of boston university brought the school to new levels of academic excellence and financial stability while creating an atmosphere of conflict and controversy, and who, in 1990, came within 77,000 votes of becoming governor of massachusetts, died of kidney failure on thursday in his brookline home. he was 86 years old. last call in this first segment of the "washington journal" comes from malika in warner robbins, georgia, on our democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: go ahead. what do you think about media coverage so far this year? caller: well, i think the media -- i think they adequately reflect the temperament of our society, and you have the republicans, like fox news, rush limbaugh, i mean, i just think they're really narrow-minded, and they don't want to change their views in our society, which is changing. i just believe that they're racist and unpopular in our day and age. they just need to understand that
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we have to investigate the medicare before we -- mitt romney says he has it in boston , massachusetts. when i lived in new york, there was a hospital i could go to. they go according to your income. there is no teacher hospital in florida or other states. there are places in new york that you can go to. people are dying. if you bring in obamacare, yes, there will be care. just like the first brought in -- ught like they first broade in hmos. the same thing for obamacare. they have to pay for their health care. they have to pay $2 to see a doctor. host: how strong the other supporter of president obama are you ? caller: i was unemployed when reagan came into power. host: 1982. caller: i was unemployed. i decided i would not go back into the system. i voted for clinton. host: in 1992. caller: and i voted for clinton. i came to florida. ok? i had experience and i have some college degrees but i did not have a college degree. host: marie was talking about health care. what would you respond to her? caller: i want to give a shout out to marie. i do not like the idea of the health-care boar
we have to investigate the medicare before we -- mitt romney says he has it in boston , massachusetts. when i lived in new york, there was a hospital i could go to. they go according to your income. there is no teacher hospital in florida or other states. there are places in new york that you can go to. people are dying. if you bring in obamacare, yes, there will be care. just like the first brought in -- ught like they first broade in hmos. the same thing for obamacare. they have to pay for...
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also, a conversation with michael crannish of "the boston globe" who co-authored the book, "the real romney." after that, the discussion on how the u.s. measures health and the national center of health statistics and dr. pierre vigilance will join us. >> quite an eventful day yesterday. we'll look back over the big news events of the day and ask you the question this morning, is the last 24 hours of campaign news have an effect on the race. here are the phone numbers, 202-737-0007 for democrats. republican republicans. >>> this is a look back at the presidential news. the presidential debate. yesterday, the former wife of newt gingrich gave an interview to abc news where she talked about his infidelity and requests for, as she described it, an open marriage. earlier in the day, governor of texas dropped his presidential bid and endorsed newt gingrich. we found out that the officials in iowa have updated the results of the caucaus putting santorum ahead, but with no real official change in the tally because of a couple of county there is with results that were still not verifiable. s
also, a conversation with michael crannish of "the boston globe" who co-authored the book, "the real romney." after that, the discussion on how the u.s. measures health and the national center of health statistics and dr. pierre vigilance will join us. >> quite an eventful day yesterday. we'll look back over the big news events of the day and ask you the question this morning, is the last 24 hours of campaign news have an effect on the race. here are the phone numbers,...
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a supporter of newt gingrich joins us from boston. caller: the reason why i think newt gingrich has the only chance to beat president obama is that he is the true reagan conservative. he has always been supporting the republican party and the reagan -- up rockefeller republicans and the reagan conservatives. now we have this 99%-1% debate, it will not work for governor romney. on the other hand, in addition, the issue with the media, i think newt is right to take on the media. a lot of people agree there is bias in the media. president obama was not that it all that well with his transcripts, -- vetted all that well with this transcripts, and the birther issue, and some issues with cocaine they were not covered very well. guest: the debate that has sprung up over the occupied wall street movement, it is true that it brings out the issue of mitt romney and his personal wealth and his tax returns. the fact that this has become central to the question about mitt romney, the way that he really failed in the last two debates was to look ex
a supporter of newt gingrich joins us from boston. caller: the reason why i think newt gingrich has the only chance to beat president obama is that he is the true reagan conservative. he has always been supporting the republican party and the reagan -- up rockefeller republicans and the reagan conservatives. now we have this 99%-1% debate, it will not work for governor romney. on the other hand, in addition, the issue with the media, i think newt is right to take on the media. a lot of people...
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"new york times" -- excuse me -- the "washington post," "boston globe" shows a tie between scott brown, the incumbent republican senator and elizabeth warren according to the new "boston globe" poll yesterday. it stands in contrast to efficiently others showing warren with a lead. other stories shows brown has decided to cancel the last debate between the two of them saying it is not appropriate at this present time with this storm. and the "washington post" election lawyers ready to challenge illegal activity. thousands of attorneys representing two major presidential candidates civil rights groups are in place policied to challenge electoral results that may be called in question by machine failures, voter suppression or other allegation of illegal activity. that is a story also in "u.s.a. today" taking a look at what happened in 2000 in florida and saying that possibly another state could be like florida in battleaybe ohio or other ground states where you could have a recount and not know who the winner of the election is. also front page of the "wall street journal" medicare compli
"new york times" -- excuse me -- the "washington post," "boston globe" shows a tie between scott brown, the incumbent republican senator and elizabeth warren according to the new "boston globe" poll yesterday. it stands in contrast to efficiently others showing warren with a lead. other stories shows brown has decided to cancel the last debate between the two of them saying it is not appropriate at this present time with this storm. and the...
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that story is in the "boston globe. coke -- "boston globe." we want to thank you for coming in to talk about the legislation on the second anniversary. next, jerry hagstrom from the hagstrom report will join us to discuss the drought affecting the united states and what it means for you, the consumer. later, a discussion on libor with james angel from the georgetown university school of business. c-span2 -- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> this weekend, the harlem book fair. live coverage starts today at 12:30 eastern with a panel discussion on the future of african-american publishing. that is followed been a look at american education. then a panel examining the next presidential election. then celebrating the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. the leadership summit with offers -- authors. that is part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> it is about those men and women almost mortally injured in war. because of the huge advances made in medi
that story is in the "boston globe. coke -- "boston globe." we want to thank you for coming in to talk about the legislation on the second anniversary. next, jerry hagstrom from the hagstrom report will join us to discuss the drought affecting the united states and what it means for you, the consumer. later, a discussion on libor with james angel from the georgetown university school of business. c-span2 -- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning...
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next is antonio from boston. caller: and good morning. you have a beautiful suit and a beautiful tie. endorsement is good. why not? america is made that way. you have a beautiful program. i would advise people from around america my opinion. do not change the car when the car is still going. i vote for obama. from massachusetts and boston. i do not think mitt romney did too much. he is a good guy with a good family. but we need obama. obama has a much more experience than four years ago. obama comes from a poor family. obama knows what it means with food on the table. romney was born with a spoon in his mouth. that is my opinion. god bless america. i love you all. i would like to see obama for president again. host: thank you for the call. next is mary from kentucky. caller: good morning. yes, i do not really think that endorsements matter. people are going to vote for who they want to vote for any way. i will vote for barack obama. whatever the newspapers say, everybody reads it. but they already know who they will vote for. i watch this
next is antonio from boston. caller: and good morning. you have a beautiful suit and a beautiful tie. endorsement is good. why not? america is made that way. you have a beautiful program. i would advise people from around america my opinion. do not change the car when the car is still going. i vote for obama. from massachusetts and boston. i do not think mitt romney did too much. he is a good guy with a good family. but we need obama. obama has a much more experience than four years ago. obama...
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we will start with frank from boston, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. i don't think it will hurt him much. i think it might have put him in a situation where he will after outgun them. it's not going to keep him from getting his electoral votes. hopefully, this man can put it together and get himself a good campaign thing and win this thing. host: thanks for calling. on twitter -- and here is the headline from the baltimore sun this morning -- we will continue to hear from you all morning on this issue from republicans. michael is from the jacksonville, florida. thanks for calling. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the romney comments. it is appalling that the media has blown this out of proportion. what mitt romney said is a fact. 47% of our country is at on entitlements. it does not bother me what he had to say. i agree with him. america needs to wake up. the people who don't comprehend will not understand what he's talked about. host: thanks for calling, michael. he talked about the media blowing this up too much. here is the opinion piece from
we will start with frank from boston, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. i don't think it will hurt him much. i think it might have put him in a situation where he will after outgun them. it's not going to keep him from getting his electoral votes. hopefully, this man can put it together and get himself a good campaign thing and win this thing. host: thanks for calling. on twitter -- and here is the headline from the baltimore sun this morning -- we will continue to hear from...
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here is "the boston globe" this morning. that is "the boston globe" of this morning. and then mitt romney was able to get the support of house speaker john boehner and the minority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, yesterday. this headline -- and below that -- a couple of callers have brought this up already about the first lady's travel. here is "the washington times" opinion this morning. host: that is a "the washington times" opinion page this morning. we told you mitt romney speaking in north carolina. let me give you the time, it is about 3:40. what is your take on washington culture and these alleged misconducts by gsa and as a good service? caller: i feel that what they said, the gsa first of all, i believe that everyone deserves a vacation from their jobs. i worked many years and i was entitled to two weeks vacation a year. i got paid for two weeks vacation. i was allowed to spend that money the way i wanted to. i believe this is what the federal government, anybody who works for the federal government, should be paid on the hours they work. and they shou
here is "the boston globe" this morning. that is "the boston globe" of this morning. and then mitt romney was able to get the support of house speaker john boehner and the minority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, yesterday. this headline -- and below that -- a couple of callers have brought this up already about the first lady's travel. here is "the washington times" opinion this morning. host: that is a "the washington times" opinion page this...
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consider president obama because he has a record and i have to compare that against romney's record in boston and i think -- host: how did you vote in 2008? caller: i voted for mccain. i felt mccain because of his standings as a war hero and me being a veteran myself. i kind of lean that to him and i voted for him but i don't think there's anybody out there right now that probably could match up to obama's record. once he got bin laden i thought he's a strong guy, you know. and so i think -- host: well, let me ask you this. if mitt romney is the nominee and he were to pick somebody with a military record and let me bounce this off of you, politico reports that sayer sarah pay lip's v.p. pick is allen west, republican congressman, because of his military service, would that make you -- would that make mitt romney more apeeing to you? -- appealing to you? caller: no. i keep looking at the bible and i'm a christian and i just -- i just can't feel it, you know. he looks like a vampire coming in he doesn't strike me as being a guy who's sincere so and honest. if he shows his -- i will look at it a
consider president obama because he has a record and i have to compare that against romney's record in boston and i think -- host: how did you vote in 2008? caller: i voted for mccain. i felt mccain because of his standings as a war hero and me being a veteran myself. i kind of lean that to him and i voted for him but i don't think there's anybody out there right now that probably could match up to obama's record. once he got bin laden i thought he's a strong guy, you know. and so i think --...
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host: next call comes from boston, massachusetts. frank is on our line for independents. caller: good morning. regarding the money that was returned to the state of florida. what happens to the money -- it is included in the budget from the previous year or redistributed? is the airline industry subsidized by the transportation department? guest: when governor scott decided not to except the high- speed rail grand that was received from the government, that was redistributed to about five different states. it has been put to work and will improve transportation in those five other states. the governor was within his rights to say no, thank you. that was a decision that florida made. the government provide support for airlines, without which you cannot have safe air travel. i don't think you could consider that the government subsidizes the airlines. host: amy from norman, oklahoma . caller: i was wondering how much of this does the public get to see as far as the budget? where the money is going and how it is being spent. how much of this are we using made in america to k
host: next call comes from boston, massachusetts. frank is on our line for independents. caller: good morning. regarding the money that was returned to the state of florida. what happens to the money -- it is included in the budget from the previous year or redistributed? is the airline industry subsidized by the transportation department? guest: when governor scott decided not to except the high- speed rail grand that was received from the government, that was redistributed to about five...
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host: suess -- suesson, boston, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. call the -- all the calls have been great. a couple of thoughts, although mr. van roekel kind of burst my bubble there, but i actually do believe that subject matter, expertise, and a true passion and accomplishment, demonstrated accomplishment in an area of study, be it liberal arts or math or science, is actually the paramount to have an inspired teacher, especially in the struggling school districts where children are coming hungry, coming out of dysfunctional homes, parentless homes, homes where drugs and alcohol defines the family's possibilities and just their whole life situation. i just think that education pet gogy, if -- pedagogy if that's the word are great and learning techniques are great but if you want to get children, especially those in struggling school districts, get people that just are phenomenal in their subject area and also give them permission to use primary sources instead of dumb down, boreing -- boring, poorly written textbooks and the other thing i want to
host: suess -- suesson, boston, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. call the -- all the calls have been great. a couple of thoughts, although mr. van roekel kind of burst my bubble there, but i actually do believe that subject matter, expertise, and a true passion and accomplishment, demonstrated accomplishment in an area of study, be it liberal arts or math or science, is actually the paramount to have an inspired teacher, especially in the struggling school districts where...
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live coverage of president obama in chicago and mitt romney in boston. and your reaction, by phone, e- mail, facebook and twitter. look for live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. "washington journal" continues. joining us is fred sainz, of the human rights campaign. why is the same sex ballot important? guest: marriage equality has never won at the ballot box. we have four races across the country. we stand a good chance for marriage equality to really be a firm -- affirmed by voters and our country for the first time in history. as a very important one for committed and loving gay and lesbian couples across the country that want nothing more than the freedom to marry. host: what states are involved? guest: the state of washington, maryland and maine. and in minnesota we are fighting a constitutional amendment that would prohibit marriage equality. legislature is in both of those states, they passed a law into effect, and catholic governors in both of those states signed those bills, both of those states have laws that allow citizens to go and ref
live coverage of president obama in chicago and mitt romney in boston. and your reaction, by phone, e- mail, facebook and twitter. look for live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. "washington journal" continues. joining us is fred sainz, of the human rights campaign. why is the same sex ballot important? guest: marriage equality has never won at the ballot box. we have four races across the country. we stand a good chance for marriage equality to really be a firm -- affirmed by...
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she has 90 fellows in her group of fellows in new wark boston and washington d.c. and five countries in africa. if you know any young people who are interested they can look on the web. she's doing just great. they both are. and the bushes, president george h.w. bush and bash ra are in houston. they spend the summer in main. president bush turned 88 last summer and they are doing great. when he turned 85 t milestone year of 85 he celebrated with his traditional sky diving jump out of an airplane. it happens at the largest he jumped into is a church yard. my mother-in-law joked that was convenient. if anything went wrong we could wheel him straight on into the church. but he's doing very well. they're both doing really great and we treasure our time with them. general na is going every month to get video footage of her grandparents and telling stories and she wants to have that both for his library but also just for her and all of the family to have this footage of them because they're so terrific. now let's g get to what we're really here for which is to thank you
she has 90 fellows in her group of fellows in new wark boston and washington d.c. and five countries in africa. if you know any young people who are interested they can look on the web. she's doing just great. they both are. and the bushes, president george h.w. bush and bash ra are in houston. they spend the summer in main. president bush turned 88 last summer and they are doing great. when he turned 85 t milestone year of 85 he celebrated with his traditional sky diving jump out of an...
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you are on with nicholas burns up in boston. caller: new york city was on high alert with active police officers in the embassies and synagogues. obama did nothing. i think that if bush was there there would have been 50 marines on rooftops with sniper rifles. i heard from a friend of mine, fbi agent, the media does not think so. who is supposed to stand up for these guys? you know what i am staying? host: how do you think the administration handled libya? guest: let me just say, i have worked for both republican and democratic administrations. i really think that it is unfair to level such a criticism of president obama. he has been a very strong leader on protecting this country, as president bush was. both presidents have put the security of the american people as job number one, as they should. they have both been strong in that area, it is unfair. libya was a tragic event. ambassador stephens died two weeks ago today. the responsibility for guarding our embassies in conflict overseas, there is not an american military prote
you are on with nicholas burns up in boston. caller: new york city was on high alert with active police officers in the embassies and synagogues. obama did nothing. i think that if bush was there there would have been 50 marines on rooftops with sniper rifles. i heard from a friend of mine, fbi agent, the media does not think so. who is supposed to stand up for these guys? you know what i am staying? host: how do you think the administration handled libya? guest: let me just say, i have worked...
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realized she could get a bounty for scalps of the indians, she went back and did that and made her way to boston, where she was a heroin and a statue was erected to her, the first statue of an american woman with a hatchet in hand. >> he is our guest on sunday on "in-depth." watch live at noon 2. -- at noon eastern. host: today we put a spotlight on the state of virginia, the commonwealth of virginia. 13 electoral votes in this state. the current unemployment rate, 5.9%. 2008, president obama won the state by over six percentage points, the first time a democrat won the state of virginia since 1964. joining us from the university of virginia is the director of their politics center. larry, what are the issues being campaigned on in virginia? guest: the same issues as. every as the economy is for most, i suppose. if there's any special flavor into virginia, we cover all 50 states at the center for politics at the university of virginia, if there's any special flavor here, virginia depends on defense to a greater degree in than any other state except for alaska. we are second in per-capita defense
realized she could get a bounty for scalps of the indians, she went back and did that and made her way to boston, where she was a heroin and a statue was erected to her, the first statue of an american woman with a hatchet in hand. >> he is our guest on sunday on "in-depth." watch live at noon 2. -- at noon eastern. host: today we put a spotlight on the state of virginia, the commonwealth of virginia. 13 electoral votes in this state. the current unemployment rate, 5.9%. 2008,...
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mitt romney is headed to boston to do prep work for the tuesday night debate at hofstra university on long island. it will begin in 9:00 p.m.. our preview program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time on c- span. of course, as we have done during the campaign season, we will get your reaction after the debate late into the night. for those on the west coast, you noticed we were live late last night, taking your calls and getting your reaction. we will continue to do that the next morning on "washington journal." by the way, if you missed any of last night's debate, or send a question or comment to one of your colleagues or friends, go to c-span.org. at our debate hub, you can take any of it, quit it, and sent it out -- clipit, and send it out. on the nights of the debate, it is a dashboard of the deal. you can watch the proper work live at the college is being held at -- the preparatory work like a college it is being held at. we have the spin room. you can watch all of that on the night of the debate, and now, you can watch it on line. c-span.org, the debate hub, and watch those from
mitt romney is headed to boston to do prep work for the tuesday night debate at hofstra university on long island. it will begin in 9:00 p.m.. our preview program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time on c- span. of course, as we have done during the campaign season, we will get your reaction after the debate late into the night. for those on the west coast, you noticed we were live late last night, taking your calls and getting your reaction. we will continue to do that the next morning on...
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mark is joining us from boston. good morning. caller: good morning. i am looking at a map of iran right now. we have iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, complete surrounding iran. every single one of those countries the united states has a military presence. we have many military bases. you have hundreds of nuclear weapons which at any point iran made attempt, the benefit would be wiped off the face of the earth. there is a strong argument. their concern is a joke. guest: i respectfully disagree with the caller. iran is not the only country that calls for wiping a country of the state of the earth. the key talking about the supreme leader, their president. the issue is not whether they push a button or not. it is with the present @ united states said in an interview in the atlantic. which is that iran with a weapon could trigger a nuclear arms race. there is a persian bomb, both the saudis have a relationship. what the egyptians want to bomb? you take the most dangerous region and to make it so much more dangerous. there is the prospect of prol
mark is joining us from boston. good morning. caller: good morning. i am looking at a map of iran right now. we have iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, complete surrounding iran. every single one of those countries the united states has a military presence. we have many military bases. you have hundreds of nuclear weapons which at any point iran made attempt, the benefit would be wiped off the face of the earth. there is a strong argument. their concern is a joke. guest: i respectfully...
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the ninth circuit and he said he thought obama was being similarly cute -- host: next call comes from boston. a democrat. you are on the air. good morning. caller: yes, good morning, c- span. thank you for taking my call. i have two comments. i think that antonin scalia, the comments he made about obamacare, it is called the affordable health care act. am i right? am i right? host: what is your comment. make your comment. caller: republicans are nothing but hypocrites. the first time romney gets in office, get ready for your jobs to be outsourced. thank you. host: aura. republican. hello. caller: at one time i was supportive of the green party because the democrats interrupted my work as a screenplay writer. i moved upstate and we were so happy. -- when obama got in. this type of activity is still going on, and directing sleep and closing rate of -- causing great difficulty. i have been reviewed. i am a writer. host: i know you have something to say, but will you tie it in to help cure or not? caller: -- host: we have to leave it there. here are some of the facebook, and we have gotten. -- h
the ninth circuit and he said he thought obama was being similarly cute -- host: next call comes from boston. a democrat. you are on the air. good morning. caller: yes, good morning, c- span. thank you for taking my call. i have two comments. i think that antonin scalia, the comments he made about obamacare, it is called the affordable health care act. am i right? am i right? host: what is your comment. make your comment. caller: republicans are nothing but hypocrites. the first time romney...
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host: "boston globe" it's morning-- -- this morning -- a couple of e-mails for you. steven says i think congress will have to move this nation forward. president obama has carried out many of the bush policies. he is really a moderate in his own right. it will take a whole congress. another email for you this morning from our ron paul supporter. ron paul is only candidate who realizes we need to get serious about the national debt. we need to pay it down by a trillion a year for 15 years to get out of it. the government must be downsized and the entitlement reform. back to the phone calls. jeff in indiana. caller: i a rick santorum supporter. i have been for the entire race. i was listening to your previous callers, and they are right. i think the other two guys are hindering the race. i think one could get behind one or the other, it would be a lot more competitive. there are votes out there that are being cast for newt gingrich and ron paul, and bless them for doing it, but i think it would be a much better sets, more fair. host: what about the money spent by mitt
host: "boston globe" it's morning-- -- this morning -- a couple of e-mails for you. steven says i think congress will have to move this nation forward. president obama has carried out many of the bush policies. he is really a moderate in his own right. it will take a whole congress. another email for you this morning from our ron paul supporter. ron paul is only candidate who realizes we need to get serious about the national debt. we need to pay it down by a trillion a year for 15...
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host: you went to harvard and boston college law school. some say that the justices will have to look at in 1871 law on this issue about whether or not the fair sentencing act can be retroactive. what is belowdecks guest: i don't even know what it is. the question before the court is whether it can be done retroactively. it can be if they include that was the intent of congress. it is often spelled out specifically. we did not do that so they have something before then. if they don't apply retroactively, congress will have an opportunity to change that. host: let's take a look at the legislation. it was signed into law august of 2010, a five-year minimum sentence for crack and powder and a 10-year sentence for less quantity. guest: the old law was 5 grams of crack which is around 10 or more doses, somebody could do that in a weekend. it had a mandatory minimum for position only for crack and that was the only drug that provided for a mandatory minimum. host: they got rid of that? guest: they got rid of all the for possession only. for deali
host: you went to harvard and boston college law school. some say that the justices will have to look at in 1871 law on this issue about whether or not the fair sentencing act can be retroactive. what is belowdecks guest: i don't even know what it is. the question before the court is whether it can be done retroactively. it can be if they include that was the intent of congress. it is often spelled out specifically. we did not do that so they have something before then. if they don't apply...
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democratic and republican support when the chairman wanted documents about the misconduct of the fbi in boston. that was bipartisan. host: this is a comment on twitter from don ritchie. is that correct? guest: let me honor the question. he is an historian. host: this is a different don ritchie. guest: sleeping late this morning. i think that is someone right. when you have somebody whispering in the president's whispering in the president's
democratic and republican support when the chairman wanted documents about the misconduct of the fbi in boston. that was bipartisan. host: this is a comment on twitter from don ritchie. is that correct? guest: let me honor the question. he is an historian. host: this is a different don ritchie. guest: sleeping late this morning. i think that is someone right. when you have somebody whispering in the president's whispering in the president's
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the front page of the boston globe is a look at the piece by brian bender. caller: i recommend olympia snow from maine the senator who just retired. she would bring a lot of democrats on board. she's a moderate. but more fiscally conservative. she knows how to get things done. she's -- they wouldn't work together but she would bring a lot of drabts on board. i know they love her up here. host: thanks for the call. front page of the houston chronical. joe on the phone from new mexico. good morning. caller: i think we need either condoleezza rice or marco rubio for vice president. host: why is that? caller: well, i think we can win with them to tell you the truth. host: ok. we'll go to karl next in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i've been thinking about this and i finally have some sort of a name marsha blackburn from tennessee. what we really need a moderate female that the democrats cannot attack unless they want to kill the women's vote and who has some knowledge of things going on and can sit into the vice president seat without attracting a lot of at
the front page of the boston globe is a look at the piece by brian bender. caller: i recommend olympia snow from maine the senator who just retired. she would bring a lot of democrats on board. she's a moderate. but more fiscally conservative. she knows how to get things done. she's -- they wouldn't work together but she would bring a lot of drabts on board. i know they love her up here. host: thanks for the call. front page of the houston chronical. joe on the phone from new mexico. good...
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"the boston globe" has endorsed jon huntsman. this is the second time "the boston globe" has chosen another presidential candidates. ron paul, newt gingrich, and jon huntsman are all over the state of new hampshire today. rick perry has shifted his focus to south carolina. our focus is in washington. yesterday, the president went to the pentagon -- actually, the first time the president has gone to the pentagon briefing room, and announced a shift in military strategy. we will be talking about that and showing you some of the finer points. tony capaccio of bloomberg news will help us understand some of the details. we would like to open our phone lines and talk to you about a leaner military in the future and your reaction. our line for independents. we also have a line for active- duty military and their families. good morning to you. all of the major papers have front page, a major headlines about the shift in military strategy. we have the bullet points. let me show those to you, so you can see in a nut shell the direction the
"the boston globe" has endorsed jon huntsman. this is the second time "the boston globe" has chosen another presidential candidates. ron paul, newt gingrich, and jon huntsman are all over the state of new hampshire today. rick perry has shifted his focus to south carolina. our focus is in washington. yesterday, the president went to the pentagon -- actually, the first time the president has gone to the pentagon briefing room, and announced a shift in military strategy. we...
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host: toni in boston, massachusetts is on . caller: good morning. romney is right. what is missing in the white house is leadership. and a physical body, a presence in the house. i have seen that obama is either campaigning from the very beginning. the is rubbing elbows with the hollywood elite. they are very rich. he's rubbing elbows with his friends who are also very, very rich. the athletes, his administration, who, according to what i read, also have money in the cayman islands, switzerland, and bermuda. he is campaigning, golfing, vacationing. his family is always vacationing. i see romney working, expanding his companies, he is creating jobs. i think that romney will give the small businesses what they are looking for, the ability to expand their jobs. andy's going to do this by cutting their taxes, by cutting many regulations. -- and he is going to do this. my friends it in boston, in order to get the certification to open up their business, it does not only take a couple weeks, in one case it took my friend four months, costing him an extra $80,000 just to k
host: toni in boston, massachusetts is on . caller: good morning. romney is right. what is missing in the white house is leadership. and a physical body, a presence in the house. i have seen that obama is either campaigning from the very beginning. the is rubbing elbows with the hollywood elite. they are very rich. he's rubbing elbows with his friends who are also very, very rich. the athletes, his administration, who, according to what i read, also have money in the cayman islands,...
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if we know that the boston globe, bloomberg news, have called the reporting that call these assertions into question. they could release the board, the could release the minutes from that time. other records that would show what his involvement was. we do know that he said he had no involved in any of the entities, yet he came back with the board meetings with a couple of those entities. the larger point is that he was in charge when he bought those firms whose principal mission was to facilitate off shoring. he's saying he left before they moved these jobs to china and mexico and he will not be responsible. herrmann -- harry truman had a plaque on his desk that said the buck stops here. mitt romney would have a plaque that says the buck stops there. he's going to have to explain that to the american people. host: president obama is an ohio where he will talk about his efforts to help the auto industry through bailout. the campaign talks about mr. romney and what he plans to do. this is a coordinated offensive starting today. the president has been a typical politician. host: mr. romne
if we know that the boston globe, bloomberg news, have called the reporting that call these assertions into question. they could release the board, the could release the minutes from that time. other records that would show what his involvement was. we do know that he said he had no involved in any of the entities, yet he came back with the board meetings with a couple of those entities. the larger point is that he was in charge when he bought those firms whose principal mission was to...
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senator brown and i both submitted our economic proposals to the boston globe. they were set out -- sent out four independent economic analysis and the independent and not -- analysts said that i was 67% on more effective. -- i was 67% more effective. >> the first thing that could be cut is $2 trillion from obamacare. it is not good for massachusetts businesses. i would sell all unused property that is excess. we do not need it. a review of every federal program. if there is anybody listening that things that my opponent is a tax cutter, let me get rid of that myth. i have never voted for a tax increase and i will not be raising taxes on any american. we need a balanced budget. but we do it in our state, our homes, our businesses puritans -- businesses. 17,000 jobs in massachusetts could be cut. many people watching and in this room right now could be affected. i will not put those lives and jobs in jeopardy. guest: that was a great excerpt because it crystallizes what this is about. candidates coming out two issues from a very different perspective. i can bet t
senator brown and i both submitted our economic proposals to the boston globe. they were set out -- sent out four independent economic analysis and the independent and not -- analysts said that i was 67% on more effective. -- i was 67% more effective. >> the first thing that could be cut is $2 trillion from obamacare. it is not good for massachusetts businesses. i would sell all unused property that is excess. we do not need it. a review of every federal program. if there is anybody...
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from the new york times this morning, senator scott brown has been playing up his devotion to the boston red sox -- fayetteville, north carolina on our support mitt romney line. tommy. caller: tony hodges. i am a mitt romney supporter. i think it's time we put a businessman, a man who knows how to handle large corporations and america is a large corporation. it is a huge task to take on. we have had political politicians all of our lives and we have one that's in there now who has never had a real job. he has always worked for the government. he is just a politician. he is not a businessman. we need somebody who knows how to grow the nation, put us back to work. i'm a small businessman. my business has really suffered over -- since obama has been in office. host: what kind of business? caller: i'm in the construction business. we build houses and we do home improvements, flip homes. the mobile home industry has even been hit hard down here. it has even been hard on this end of the country. we have about a 10% unemployment down here. but our nation -- and i love our nation -- i would like
from the new york times this morning, senator scott brown has been playing up his devotion to the boston red sox -- fayetteville, north carolina on our support mitt romney line. tommy. caller: tony hodges. i am a mitt romney supporter. i think it's time we put a businessman, a man who knows how to handle large corporations and america is a large corporation. it is a huge task to take on. we have had political politicians all of our lives and we have one that's in there now who has never had a...
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i never went through one until i got to boston. i hear you on that one. i've never heard of anybody thinking about lasers, i'm not sure it would work. remember that the engine that drives the thunderstorms and hurricanes is warmth and moisture. if the laser is essentially heating the air, that -- i have -- i certainly am not smart enough to work through the mathematics, but just sort of intuitively, if you are heating the air you might wind up doing more to fuel it rather than suppress it. i'm not sure that would work. somebody else might be able to do better math on that i can. >> host: rose, democrat line, ohio. >> caller: good morning. i don't know if i've got a good idea or not, anyway, i would like to know if a person -- it is a technology now. if they could have something in technology that a person could wear on their body to signal them that there is a warning. every household would have it because a lot of them are sleeping at night. they don't want to be -- there's a lot of problem there where people don't even know about it. they have a system
i never went through one until i got to boston. i hear you on that one. i've never heard of anybody thinking about lasers, i'm not sure it would work. remember that the engine that drives the thunderstorms and hurricanes is warmth and moisture. if the laser is essentially heating the air, that -- i have -- i certainly am not smart enough to work through the mathematics, but just sort of intuitively, if you are heating the air you might wind up doing more to fuel it rather than suppress it. i'm...
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how credible was the he would go to war over berlin risk in boston or washington?
how credible was the he would go to war over berlin risk in boston or washington?
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host: this is from "the boston sunday globe." two days before election day and then the piece goes on to say, looking back, to your point, the candidate never defining himself. and then overestimating his ground game. on the ground game side, they were worth about their own bravado about their own organization. part of it was, i think, a genuine ignorance about what president obama had going on. the romney campaign had a triple a round game. obama campaigned out a ground game that was led the 1927 yankees. it was up against a perhaps all- time great ground game. i do not think the romney folks appreciated that. a lot of the post-mortem pieces that we have done, talking about the obama ground game -- part of it is self-serving, as it masks some of their own problems -- but still, you have to tip your hat to the obama folks. >guest: mitt romney and his campaign spent $100 million in the state of ohio. obama spent $15 million less from our calculations. they paid for the state of ohio, the jets did not get the return. host: the book
host: this is from "the boston sunday globe." two days before election day and then the piece goes on to say, looking back, to your point, the candidate never defining himself. and then overestimating his ground game. on the ground game side, they were worth about their own bravado about their own organization. part of it was, i think, a genuine ignorance about what president obama had going on. the romney campaign had a triple a round game. obama campaigned out a ground game that was...
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i was also in boston in 2000 and i saw ralph nader physically removed from the presidential debates by the state police. he not only was not allowed in the republican vs. democrat debate at the jfk library, but he was not even able to enter the building. can your guests talk about how these private corporations took control of these debates that the republicans and democrats -- i would love to see the day when c-span has no republican line and democrat line. that we are all just reclaiming our identity as americans. and when we go to the voting booth, they are just names. i am curious about the control of the debates by the two parties. i will listen off fare. >> i do not know that i can speak specifically to that debate. but i think you mentioned florida. yes, florida does not permit you to vote as an independent in the primary. so, you registered as a republican. california is experimenting with a talk two system. well, not experimenting, they passed it by a ballot initiative. that is the thing that is going to be, the top two vote-getters, they will go on to the general ballot. host
i was also in boston in 2000 and i saw ralph nader physically removed from the presidential debates by the state police. he not only was not allowed in the republican vs. democrat debate at the jfk library, but he was not even able to enter the building. can your guests talk about how these private corporations took control of these debates that the republicans and democrats -- i would love to see the day when c-span has no republican line and democrat line. that we are all just reclaiming our...
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here's the front page of the boston sunday globe. of course, not far from the action in new hampshire there. a primary day, a reputation for beating expectations. they're talking here about rick santorum being proudly unrelenting. you can see him in am hurst, new hampshire yesterday. mitt romney campaigning at pinkerton academy in derry. another event we covered. romney's bane effort and early debate target. but some of the headlines suggest he definitely handled some of the attacks against him. miami, florida, it's kevin. >> good morning. i think abc news is pretty much lost their credibility as serious journalists regarding politics, especially regarding republican candidates. >> whip? >> they harp 15 minutes on issues of -- nonissues, really, of contraception and gay marriage. the thing is they just to try to needle certain candidates about their positions on it. it's no surprise what rick santorum thinks about gay marriage. but the abc news failed to ask the question to rick santorum, what is your priority, sir? are you going to
here's the front page of the boston sunday globe. of course, not far from the action in new hampshire there. a primary day, a reputation for beating expectations. they're talking here about rick santorum being proudly unrelenting. you can see him in am hurst, new hampshire yesterday. mitt romney campaigning at pinkerton academy in derry. another event we covered. romney's bane effort and early debate target. but some of the headlines suggest he definitely handled some of the attacks against...
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of course not everyone in boston is white. within a month of their arrival in 1768, three british officers, probably drunk had been discovered encouraging african american slaves to attack their white masters. one of the drug officers assured the officersbostonians that the soldiers were coming to a procurer their freedoms. while of the slaves sensibly ignored these lies, the british army is not in a boston to free the slaves. several white residents launched complaints to captain wilson and is probably drug friends, engaging in a dangerous rebellion. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, part of the holiday weekend now through monday morning on c-span 3, american history tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: paul rothstein is a georgetown university law professor. talking about seceding from the united states. many cited the declaration of independence or the size of the united states government. professor, welcome. guest: thank you very much. host: are you surprised by all of these petitions coming from across the country
of course not everyone in boston is white. within a month of their arrival in 1768, three british officers, probably drunk had been discovered encouraging african american slaves to attack their white masters. one of the drug officers assured the officersbostonians that the soldiers were coming to a procurer their freedoms. while of the slaves sensibly ignored these lies, the british army is not in a boston to free the slaves. several white residents launched complaints to captain wilson and is...
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host: jon in boston on the line. caller: my understanding in massachusetts is that scott brown has a pretty sizable lead in a local polls over -- guest: elizabeth warren. caller: a lot of people seem to be wanting to give him another chance to have a full term in office and he seems to have really connected with the constituency in massachusetts. can you comment? \ also, on the presidential side, i am not sure if there is going nose factor one's with the republicans that no matter who is nominated, even if it is not the candidate of choice, they will vote for anyone just to beat obama. thank you. guest: there have been three polls in massachusetts over the last month that give brown a lead anywhere between eight points and 10 points. i expect that to be somewhat temporary, actually. i think that right now the message environment has been a little bit more conducive to his campaign. elizabeth warren would much rather talk about the economy but tends to talk about contraception. you get knocked off your game easily. th
host: jon in boston on the line. caller: my understanding in massachusetts is that scott brown has a pretty sizable lead in a local polls over -- guest: elizabeth warren. caller: a lot of people seem to be wanting to give him another chance to have a full term in office and he seems to have really connected with the constituency in massachusetts. can you comment? \ also, on the presidential side, i am not sure if there is going nose factor one's with the republicans that no matter who is...
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mitt romney and rick santorum on the front page of the boston globe. barbara, a republican colleague from delaware. go ahead. caller: good morning. all these jobs have gone overseas, who owns these factories? you hear about the products being manufactured in china and other countries. are they americans? i think we should make them all come back. i would like to see a ticket of romney and santorum. guest: thank you for your call. i certainly understand your frustration about losing jobs. any job that goes overseas is a bad thing to happen. however, it is difficult to distinguish between companies that are american employers and those that are not. some of the major foreign automobile companies in the world now have major manufacturing facilities in america. many of the american corporations are manufacturing components for devices or things that they're putting together in america. it is almost impossible to distinguish what is american made and what is not. the key to economic success in this country is to make sure that our employers are competitive
mitt romney and rick santorum on the front page of the boston globe. barbara, a republican colleague from delaware. go ahead. caller: good morning. all these jobs have gone overseas, who owns these factories? you hear about the products being manufactured in china and other countries. are they americans? i think we should make them all come back. i would like to see a ticket of romney and santorum. guest: thank you for your call. i certainly understand your frustration about losing jobs. any...
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there is a story on the front page of "the boston globe" today about unions being down. there has been a clear trend and in that direction. they are a big part of the cash register of the democratic party. does that worry you? >> let me say something about labor. i came out of labor, as you said. i was 25 years old, an organizer for the teachers' union. you said "muscle and cash register," but also the heart and soul. let's think about, on labor day, what made america great. we have a middle-class and they helped to move in that middle- class. they helped that spread across the board, the people who work hard, to be rewarded. yes, major constituents in our party, and yes, i think i.t. is important for us to stand up for collective bargaining rights, it is important for us to stand up for the notion that people work hard and ought to be rewarded for it. >> but membership is going down. what do you do about that? >> i think you -- well, i'm not in the labor movement and mymore -- >> but as a leader of the democratic party, you affect each other. >> they do. but i think you
there is a story on the front page of "the boston globe" today about unions being down. there has been a clear trend and in that direction. they are a big part of the cash register of the democratic party. does that worry you? >> let me say something about labor. i came out of labor, as you said. i was 25 years old, an organizer for the teachers' union. you said "muscle and cash register," but also the heart and soul. let's think about, on labor day, what made america...
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part of our program every year in boston purchase rights international -- involves the cartoonist's rights international. the two recipients of the award this year -- a syrian cartoonist whose hands were broken earlier in the year by assad's henchmen as a warning to stop drawing cartoons criticizing the regime, and he will not be able to make it to receive the award this year because the serious situation has devolved to the point that he fears for the safety of family members. then, the other has just been released from jail on charges of sedition for a cartoon he drew criticizing the indian government. it is a tough time for free speech around the world. there are certain privileges we take it -- we take for granted in the u.s. host: tell us about what is going on at the convention this week with the association of american cartoonists. >> we are presenting editorial cartooning in a more outward looking direction. most of the legwork this year was done by the cartoonist at the politico in washington, d.c., and it is being held at george washington university. we had a number of panels lo
part of our program every year in boston purchase rights international -- involves the cartoonist's rights international. the two recipients of the award this year -- a syrian cartoonist whose hands were broken earlier in the year by assad's henchmen as a warning to stop drawing cartoons criticizing the regime, and he will not be able to make it to receive the award this year because the serious situation has devolved to the point that he fears for the safety of family members. then, the other...
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boston on the to republican line. caller: i am calling about a statement of the african community -- african-american community being faults. -- false. when we call and ask for help, they do nothing because of their anti-american believes. host: are you talking about the voting booths? caller: yes. reform is just another way of saying amnesty as far as i am concerned. people grow up knowing right from wrong. host: that was jerome with his thoughts on amnesty. guest: i think everyone understands in a post 9/11 world, we have to have -- we have to make sure we're clear about our boundaries and understand that enforcement is part of any immigration reform effort. when you are talking about how to deal with the 11 million that are undocumented, we need to have strategic approaches. the idea that 11 million people will self-support -- self- deport or vanish is not realistic. we need solutions to restore the rule of law and provide a way for folks to have a flow on the border. we have to deal with the 11 million who are her
boston on the to republican line. caller: i am calling about a statement of the african community -- african-american community being faults. -- false. when we call and ask for help, they do nothing because of their anti-american believes. host: are you talking about the voting booths? caller: yes. reform is just another way of saying amnesty as far as i am concerned. people grow up knowing right from wrong. host: that was jerome with his thoughts on amnesty. guest: i think everyone understands...
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host: boston. joe, a democrat up there. go ahead. caller: yes. i like to call myself a harry truman democrat. not a dukakis democrat. but the very much candidate is very important and to -- v.p. candidate is very important and i think marco rubio would be a great choice for romney. i'm very disappointed the current administration. the country needs someone to bring them together and i think marco rubio would send that message. i'm not going to change. host: so joe, what do you think? should president obama maybe take vice-president joe biden off the ticket for this upcoming election? for somebody else new on there? caller: well, i think it would be too late to be honest with you, but i find him to be a comic relief. he's always put his foot in his mouth. he's the gift that keeps giving according no romney. he's just funny. he's just a funny guy. he probably ought to keep his mouth shut and maybe they ought to keep him in the background. host: the atlanta journal constitution. social security woes deepen. we're going to be discussing medicare's fu
host: boston. joe, a democrat up there. go ahead. caller: yes. i like to call myself a harry truman democrat. not a dukakis democrat. but the very much candidate is very important and to -- v.p. candidate is very important and i think marco rubio would be a great choice for romney. i'm very disappointed the current administration. the country needs someone to bring them together and i think marco rubio would send that message. i'm not going to change. host: so joe, what do you think? should...
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nobody is questioned what her parents told her, but when she was asked by "the boston herald " why is she being touted as a minority, she said she did not know. >> all of this month and leading up to election day, followed the key house and senate races. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we will open up the phones for a general discussion of items in the news this morning -- things you have seen, heard. give us a call and let us know what you are thinking about. the numbers -- host: you can also send us messages on social media. twitter. facebook conversation is always going on and you can also send this e-mail. "columbusrning's dispatch" this is by randy who writes -- so, it looks like the millenniums are less in the siesta, at least -- less enthusiastic, at least in columbus about the president. lorraine is on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. i was listening of about money -- about money. when president obama took over office come we might not have even had factories to make money again. he has brought this country so far. .'m so glad right now? in memphis is $3.
nobody is questioned what her parents told her, but when she was asked by "the boston herald " why is she being touted as a minority, she said she did not know. >> all of this month and leading up to election day, followed the key house and senate races. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we will open up the phones for a general discussion of items in the news this morning -- things you have seen, heard. give us a call and let us know what you are thinking...
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this is "the boston globe." "clinton arouses democrats with arguments -- rouses democrats with arguments for obama." here is the "tallahassee democrat" newspaper. charlie crist, former republican governor of florida, will be one of the speakers at the convention. "dems ponder 2014 possibility of him running for governor as the democrats." "orange county register" out of california -- "party star revs up faithful"-- again, talking about bill clinton. among the speakers tonight, tammy baldwin, running for tommy against fo gov. thompson, former governor of wisconsin. brian schweitzer, governor of montana -- he, too, will be speaking vice-president biden will accept the nomination prior to president obama accepting re nomination. we should also mention that at our convention hub, you can watch all past speeches from this convention, plus past speeches from all past conventions since 1984. c-span.org is the website. the daily convention briefing for "national journal" is starting. you see ronald brownstein, james ben
this is "the boston globe." "clinton arouses democrats with arguments -- rouses democrats with arguments for obama." here is the "tallahassee democrat" newspaper. charlie crist, former republican governor of florida, will be one of the speakers at the convention. "dems ponder 2014 possibility of him running for governor as the democrats." "orange county register" out of california -- "party star revs up faithful"-- again, talking about...
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so my question to you, simon, in des moines, iowa, is there anything that can stop white " the boston globe" calls the mitt nojuggernaut >ojetta guest: it would not surprise me at all if mitt romney won the caucuses here on tuesday. there were a lot of people running around the state looking for the stop-romney candidate. but now in the last couple of days, mitt romney has become the stop paul candidate. he is giving people more undecided coming over to his camp because they would prefer to have mitt romney than they would ron paul. in terms of rick perry and rick santorum and michele bock men, i do not think we are done. i think we will see in the course of the next couple of days more changes. we really not -- we will really not know until wednesday morning. i was usually delivers a surprise. that is the only thing that i would tell people. i was usually delivers a surprise. host: we have a tweaked from -- a tweet from mike murphy. talk with us a little bit about the whole caucus season and what that means in terms of business for local merchants in iowa and money going into the poc
so my question to you, simon, in des moines, iowa, is there anything that can stop white " the boston globe" calls the mitt nojuggernaut >ojetta guest: it would not surprise me at all if mitt romney won the caucuses here on tuesday. there were a lot of people running around the state looking for the stop-romney candidate. but now in the last couple of days, mitt romney has become the stop paul candidate. he is giving people more undecided coming over to his camp because they would...